My first BMTC ride...

there are many things in life that happen for first time. and this event 'first time' has a special significance. it makes a way into not only our memories, but also in our compartment of special moments. i had my first official BMTC ride yesterday. official in sense i didnt know the vital stats like which bus i had to catch, from which stop to catch etc. i wanted to go to my sister's place. she had told me where to come, but how to go there from my place; she didnt know. so i had to call a few friends of mine which know a good deal about travelling by BMTC and had been living in bangalore for past few years.

the main twist in the story was, i was going to start the journey from an area, about which i knew nothing. i sometimes wonder, that why i have to do such foolish things. like going to roam and landing up at a place from which, to return i have to take help of either a friend or of an auto rikshaw. i was wondering that yesterday also, to tell u frankly. anyway, i had gone there to take gift for a friend. from there i was planning to come back to a stop which i know, and from which i was sure that at least i ll get a bus back to home.(thats if i dont get a bus to go ahead)

i had almost decided to go back, but rains poured over my decision.it wasnt heavy rain, the rain had just started. because of this, my friend forced me to go to next stop from which she was sure that i ll get bus to go further.(she was sure, i wasnt) i boarded in bus. told stop name which i had memorised by utmost difficulty.(here names are like that only. they ll test ur pronounciation and memorisation skills every now and then...) i also requested the conductor to tell me when the stop comes. now i dont know what was goin on in his mind, or maybe he was busy so he forgot to tell me when my stop came. i heard a man who was just getting down say my stop's name.(i have forgotten the name. who ll rememeber that after one day also?) but the time till i reached the door, it was already closed and bus had started. i said to conductor that i want to get down. he just replied 'so?'. so, i have to wait for next stop to arrive.

i got down at next stop, thinking that i ll catch another bus back to that stop; i crossed the road only to realise that the road which i was now standing on was one-way. now u can imagine how much i wud have cursed the conductor. rain was a li'l bit more than what u can call drizzle. in these conditions i had walk back to my stop. i had read in a book that one should never walk on unknown road without asking directions. so i kept asking where the stop is. one man said right across the road, where i just saw one public toilet. i guess he heard me wrong. i went ahead and asked another person. that person said just go a li'l ahead, cross the road and u ll be at that stop. being happy that i finally reached the stop, i went ahead. once there, i asked a security guard whether i ll get bus to go ahead to my sis's place. he said u ll get at a stop behind. i asked the above stop name, the guard said thats the stop, u left it behind.

until this time rain had started pouring its heart out. i started my walk back to the designated stop. when i reached there, i realised that the stop was right in front of the building in front of which the man was standing. the man who told me to go a li'l ahead and to cross the road. i had no time to go shout on him, coz there was already a bus there. i just asked a person sitting inside whether the bus goes to k.r.pura (such a short and sweet name. kaash all names were like this...) he said yes and without listening further i jumped inside.he was telling me further that the bus doesnt go to station, and the area to which i wanted to go. then i asked conductor to tell me a stop to get down to take another bus.(my bus no. 3 in single journey...) he told me get down at a stop, i didnt hear the name properly let alone memorising it. so i told another person sitting inside to tell me when my stop comes.

now in between this telling to tell me wala confusion, i remembered my sis had told me something like tin factory on phone. i enquired about that. so now i had two choices to get down at. and in process of selecting the stop from these two, i again missed the stop (stops this time) and went ahead. but fortunately this road was not a one way. i went on other side, and this time i asked properly, what my sis had told me to ask and caught a bus. it was something like channasandra (.......) finally i was in right bus. then i got down at the stop and called my sis. her husband then came to pick me up at the stop.

i was thinking about the experience afterwards. it was not at all a bad experience. just imagine, u dont know how to go, but u have to go. there is no way u can find out exactly how to go, the rain is coming down. and all u get is information is how to go to next step of the journey. so u dont know what will be there in the next step of journey. so unpredictable life! have u ever experienced it? try to do it. its good to have all experiences. and i bet u ll love it, just like any other 'first experiences'. and then u ll be ready to go anywhere, even if u dont know how to go. this first experience will help in boosting ur confidence.

so dont just keep reading the blog. think of such opportunity to enjoy life.

next time u come back on blog, i hope u must have at least thought of experiencing this...